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励 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「力」

道
3Junior high level ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「力」
On
レイれい · rei
Kun
はげ.む・はげ.ますhage.mu · hage.masu
Meaning
encourage; strive

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

With 力 "strength": to summon up strength — to strive, to encourage.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onレイれいrei励行れいこう奨励しょうれい精励せいれい
Kunはげむhagemu励むはげむ励みはげみ
Kunはげますhagemasu励ますはげます励ましはげまし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 励行れいこう

    strict enforcement

  • 激励げきれい

    encouragement

More words with this kanji

  • 勉励べんれい
  • 精励せいれい
  • 叱咤激励しったげきれい
  • 懋励ぼうれい
  • 焠励さいれい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

先生(せんせい)の激励(げきれい)で力(ちから)が出(で)た。

My teacher's encouragement gave me strength.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

激励励行励激violen…行to go勘intuit…募recrui…力power加to add功achiev…零zero霊spirit礼courte…令comman…伶court…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 力Map of reading レイAll maps

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